Training Log Archive: Swampfox

Went out on my bike to run an errand, and before leaving, checked the temp online: 52F. It sure didn't *look* like 52F. It's been gray and windy all day.

And it didn't feel like 52F either. It felt like the onset of winter, and by the time I got home, my fingers were pretty well numbed. I checked the temp again once I got back, and now it read 38F--and even at that, it seemed generous to me. The fact that there were some small bits of ice falling through the air may have influenced how it felt to me.

Had to happen sooner or later, and it happened sooner: went up top to run late in the afternoon, and ran in...snow! Winds were howling out of the north, throwing down snow, and feeling very chilly, which is always going to be the case when just 2 days ago it was still t-shirts and shorts weather. That's okay. I'm sure in another 24-48 hours I will be fully acclimatized to winter and ready to take on the worst it can bring. Ha!

There were not many other people out taking on the weather. In fact, I only saw one mountain biker the whole time I was out--and I was out for more than 2 hours.

From time to time I think about who I see and how many people I see out on the trails, and it still surprises me how few college aged people I see given that UW is right here. It seems like there would be a lot more of those folks out mountain biking; that so few (it's practically none) are out running on the dirt is less surprising to me. And as for high school aged people? It's zero.